Upper Creeks

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The Upper Creeks were a major regional division of the Muscogee (Creek) people, traditionally living in towns along the upper reaches of the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers in what is now the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Creeks canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Muscogee division
Native American group
affectedBy Indian Removal
colonialContactWith Great Britain
Spain
United States government
conflictWith Lower Creeks
United States
country United States
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands
demography town-based population clusters
economy agriculture
fishing
hunting
ethnicGroupOf Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy
linked to: Muscogee people
governedBy micos (chiefs)
town councils
historicalEra 18th century
19th century
involvedIn Creek War
Red Stick War
language Muscogee language
languageFamily Muskogean languages
locatedIn Southeastern United States
opposedTo Lower Creeks
partOf Creek Confederacy
politicalStructure clan-based society
town-based organization
relatedEthnicGroup Lower Creeks
Seminole
Yuchi
religion Southeastern Woodlands traditional religion
removedTo Indian Territory
present-day Oklahoma
riverineSettlement Alabama River
Coosa River
Tallapoosa River
socialOrganization matrilineal clans
subgroupOf Muscogee (Creek) people
linked to: Muscogee people
traditionalRegion Alabama River basin
Coosa River basin
linked to: Coosa River Basin

Tallapoosa River basin
present-day Alabama
treatySubjectOf Treaty of Fort Jackson

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Creek (Muscogee) subgroup Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks neighboringGroup Upper Creeks
Opothleyahola ethnicGroupLed Upper Creeks
Red Stick Creeks socialBase Upper Creeks